8. Were there any traces of the old socialist organizations by the time social-democrats appeared? What did they consist of and how did they exercise influence? When and by whom did propaganda and agitation among the working class begin? By the Narodniks? What was their relationship to social-democracy?

9. When and under what circumstances did individual social-democrats or social-democratic circles appear? Describe in as great detail as possible each circle (in accordance with the present program), its significance and influence on subsequent circles.

10. How did social-democratic views take shape and develop in the local circles? The influence of other (cities) localities? – of foreign literature? – of legal Marxist (and "critique of Marxism") literature? Characterize the influence of the first, second, and third as thoroughly as possible.

11. Disagreements within social-democracy. Did they exist before the appearance of the 1898 Manifesto? {37} How exactly were they expressed? Did they leave behind documents? How was the Manifesto received? What exactly and from whom did it provoke protests or discontent? How exactly did the so-called "economist" views arise? How did they develop and spread? It is very important to delineate this more precisely and documentarily with respect to each economic "phase" in the local movement. How were disagreements expressed in the evaluation of different party organs and in the struggle between their supporters? – the "Rabochaya Gazeta"{38} (1897), the foreign "Rabotnik" and its "Listki"{39}, "Rabochaya Mysl'", "Rabochee Delo", "Iskra", "Zaria", "Bor'ba", "Zhizn'"{40} and so forth and so on?

11 bis. Were there splits and discord between workers and "intelligentsia" among the social-democrats? It is very important to clarify the causes and influence of these.

12. How exactly was the struggle of tendencies conducted in the local circles? Only among social-democratic intellectuals? – or among workers as well? – among the circles of students in contact with the movement? – was it expressed in splits? – in the formation of separate groups? – did it flare up over general questions of principle? – over the content of leaflets? – over the question of demonstrations? – over the relationship to the student movement? – over the question of May Day demands?

Describe in greater detail the course, consequences of the struggle of tendencies, and the present state of affairs in this regard.